Source, develop, analyze and pitch new, strategic venture investments for C-suite approval. Led post-investment business development between portfolio companies and business units.- Senior level stakeholdering across CFO, CTO, and Business Unit leadership.- Introduced new Investment Framework operating model to clarify investment theses and focus investment domains, including significant expansion deeper into the technology stack.- Lead investor for Network-related hard tech startups, with focus on wireless and optical networking, edge and cloud computing, energy and efficiency, artificial intelligence, and IoT/Industry 4.0.

Forged strategic partnerships with large and small companies developing products and services using 5G radio networks and Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC).-Scouted, developed, and championed new Consumer and Enterprise use cases with business unit stakeholders, taking multiple concepts from idea to multi-million dollar proof of concept.-Explored a broad variety of use cases including smart home, Industry 4.0, autonomous mobility (CV2X), VR/AR, gaming, and mapping.

5G Business Line leader for the North American market.- Led business development and support with Tier 1 network operators responsible for the majority of earnings from global 5G infrastructure sales.- Developed and implemented product strategies to evolve legacy platform embedded base to 5G following Nokia acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent.

LTE Radio Access NetworksHead of Product Management for 4G LTE basestation- Hardware and software including traditional and virtualized architectures.- Led a global team with staff in France, the US, and China who were collectively responsible for product with over $1B in annual revenue.

CDMA Base Station portfolio strategy and product planning- Led for HW and SW roadmapping, R&D spend prioritization, and new business assessment for market-leading product line. - Founded LTE Solution Management team process, developing 3G-to-4G Evolution Strategy for customer base.